Tag: Sudan
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One year after the Al-Fashir Massacre, Europe refuses to acknowledge the role of the Emirates in terrorism and genocide in Sudan
One year after the Rapid Support Forces committed ethnic cleansing of the city of Al-Fashir, European politicians remain indifferent to the role of the United Arab Emirates in financing and arming the genocidal militia. After Al-Fashir was captured, the RSF massacred its men and raped its women. Journalist Muammar Ibrahim was abducted and taken prisoner…
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Libyan businessman holding Haftar’s assets in Malta investigated over terrorism financing in Sudan
A Libyan businessman who is serving as a business-front for the regime of Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, Libya, is currently being investigated by multiple foreign entities over his potential involvement in the financing of terrorism and genocide in Sudan. Businessman Ahmed Gadalla runs an international business empire, using multiple countries including Malta to hold and…
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Sudan’s allies join forces to resist US call for regime change in Sudan
Sudan’s regional allies yesterday joined forces to push back against a new US position on Sudan, after the US Department of State issued a statement saying that it does not recognise either the Sudanese Armed Forces or the RSF, or their respective leaders, as legitimate constitutional representatives of the country. The US State Department said…
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Massad Boulos defends Emirati leadership over Sudan weapons-supplies: blames it on private contractors
In an interview with the BBC, US President Donald Trump’s Special Advisor on Africa and the Arab world, Massad Bolous, defended the leadership of the United Arab Emirates over their provisions of weapons supplies to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan. The US diplomat said that weapons flowing from the UAE to Sudan for the…
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UN report confirms UAE-linked arms network supplying Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces
A new report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has documented the international network supplying weapons and military equipment to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), including through the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The report identifies the UAE as part of a transnational network involving Libya, Somalia’s Puntland region…
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Sudanese UN diplomat accuses Massad Boulos of bias over his latest condemnation against SAF airstrikes in Chad
Ammar Mohammed Mahmoud, a Counselor at Sudan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, has accused the US Senior Adviser to the President for Africa, Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs, Massad Boulos, of bias after Boulos condemned Sudanese airstrikes against an RSF convoy passing through the Libya-Chad-Sudan border triangle. Ammar Mahmoud also stated…
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US proposes to expand Darfur arms embargo to all of Sudan following SAF victories
The United States of America is proposing to extend the existing UN arms embargo on Darfur to all of Sudan and includes drones in its submission of the embargo proposal. The US said that it does not want to make an equivalence between the parties of “the conflict”, and condemned both sides over civilian casualties.…
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Sudan bombs military convoy to RSF in Libya-Chad-Sudan triangle: Chad condemns violation of its territory
Sudan bombed a military convoy designated for the RSF travelling from Libya through Chad in the Libya-Chad-Sudan border triangle on Thursday, August 20th. The attack has been confirmed by various Sudanese press outlets, including Sudanese Echo, and by analyst Rich Tedd. Chad has also confirmed the attack, condemned the violation of its territory, and said…
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Europe is unprepared for a Sudanese victory
Despite the fact that the Rapid Support Forces are estimated to have up to 200,000 personnel fighting in their ranks, including foreign mercenaries, and a well-supplied arsenal—including drones provided by the United Arab Emirates through multiple routes, such as eastern Libya, Chad, and Ethiopia—the RSF appear to be losing the war in Sudan. Last year,…
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EU sanctions on Sudanese gold miss their point because Sudanese gold is imported and sold by the United Arab Emirates
The EU has imposed sanctions on gold imports from Sudan, seemingly to help cut off revenue streams to the warring parties in the country. However, these sanctions are one-sided and are more harmful to the Sudanese government than to the Rapid Support Forces, which the EU has recently proposed designating as a terrorist organisation. The…
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The EU’s condemnation of the RSF is a step in the right direction: but failure to mention the UAE is conspicuous
At the end of last week, the European Parliament approved a resolution condemning the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan and called for a halt to weapons shipments to the genocidal organisation currently besieging El Obeid. The resolution also proposes designating the RSF as a terrorist organisation. This is a step in the right direction, and…
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British Foreign Secretary urges “international community” to halt El Obeid offensive in Sudan without mentioning the main foreign perpetrator
The British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has urged the “international community” to intervene and halt the offensive on the Sudanese city of El Obeid by the genocidal Rapid Support Forces. However, in a similar vein to her shadow, Priti Patel, Secretary Cooper has failed to mention that the main supplier and sponsor of the RSF…